Forum
Readers from all over the world join in discussions on previous Surveys. Titled players, correspondence players and club players shed their light on opening developments and search for the truth together. With contributions by Viacheslav Zakhartsov, Max Illingworth, and many others.
Benjamin's Opening Takes
In this new column, Joel Benjamin picks up where Genna Sosonko left off. The American GM, a prolific chess writer, shows us the recent opening novelties that appealed most to him. With special attention for two highly creative young theoreticians from Poland: Grzegorz Gajewski and Radoslaw Wojtaszek.
Book Reviews
Glenn Flear speaks his mind about the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit, which is the subject of an ambitious new book by Christoph Scheerer. He also reviews Mathias Wahls' The Modern Scandinavian, recently revamped by Karsten Müller and Hannes Langrock but still a quite unusual opening book. Top-level theory is found in Alexey Dreev's The Meran and Anti-Meran Variations with which the strong Russian GM completes his Semi-Slav repertoire series, and the bulky Scotch game by Elena Dembo and Richard Palliser.
Surveys
Sicilian Defence - Najdorf Variation 7...Nc6 - SI 4.6 - Goudriaan/Bekker
Sicilian Defence - Najdorf Variation 6.Be3 - SI 14.8 - Tuncer
Sicilian Defence - Najdorf Variation 7.g4 - SI 19.14 - Van der Tak
Sicilian Defence - Scheveningen Variation 7/8.a4 - SI 23.1 - Andriasian
Sicilian Defence - Closed Variation 3.f4 - SI 44.4 - Tiviakov
Sicilian Defence - Grand Prix Attack 2/3.f4 - SI 49.4 - Andriasian
French Defence - Steinitz Variation 5.f4 - FR 4.4 - Skatchkov/Frolyanov
French Defence - Guimard Variation 3...Nc6 - FR 15.2 - De Dovitiis
Caro-Kann Defence - Advance Variation 4.Nc3 - CK 4.4 - Adorjan/Vegh
Caro-Kann Defence - Classical Variation 4...Nd7 - CK 8.7 - Kidambi
Scandinavian Defence - 3.Nf3 Line - SD 8.2 - Karolyi
Scandinavian Defence - Main Line 3...©d6 - SD 8.11 - S. Kasparov
Alekhine Defence - Four Pawns Attack 6...Nc6 - AL 8.10 - Finkel
Petroff Defence - Nimzowitsch Variation 5.Nc3 - RG 3.5 - Fogarasi
Ruy Lopez - Berlin Defence 4.d3 - RL 7.1 - Lukacs/Hazai
Ruy Lopez - Chigorin Variation 11...Nd7 - RL 23.10 - Panczyk/Ilczuk
Scotch Opening - Mieses Variation 8...Ba6 - SO 4.4 - Anka
Queen’s Gambit Declined - Exchange Variation 6...Bf5 - QO 11.3 - A. Kuzmin
Slav Defence - Krause Variation 11...g5 - SL 4.5 - Karolyi
Slav Defence - 5.g3 Line - SL 6.2 - Vladimirov
Slav Defence - Botvinnik Variation 19.Bf4 - SL 7.8 - Stohl
Slav Defence - Chebanenko Variation 5.Qc2 - SL 11.12 - Vilela
Catalan Opening - Open Variation 6...dc4 - CA 5.5 - Olthof
Nimzo-Indian Defence - Classical Variation 4...0-0 - NI 20.3 - Ivanchuk
Nimzo-Indian Defence - Ragozin Variation 5.Qa4 - NI 27.4 - Lemos Sarro
Bogo-Indian Defence - The 4.Nbd2 Line - QI 1.10 - Ikonnikov
Queen’s Indian Defence - Nimzowitsch Variation 5.Qa4 - QI 14.13 - Kuzmin
Grünfeld Indian Defence - Russian Variation 7...a6 - GI 10.5-7 - Adorjan/Vegh
King's Indian Defence - Classical Main Line 9.a4 - KI 3.7 - Gavrilov
King’s Indian Defence - Early Divergences 6.h3 - KI 20.5 - Inarkiev
Benoni Defence - Benko/Volga Gambit 5.f3 - BI 24.1-10 - S. Kasparov
Queen’s Pawn Openings - Richter-Veresov Attack 3...Nbd7 - QP 12.10 - De Dovitiis
Dutch Defence - Stonewall Variation 4...d5 - HD 5.11 - Raetsky/Chetverik
English Opening - Symmetrical Variation 4.g3 - EO 49.13 - Palliser
